ultramontanism

American  

[uhl-truh-mon-tn-iz-uhm] / ˌʌl trəˈmɒn tnˌɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.

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ultramontanism British  

/ ˌʌltrəˈmɒntɪˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. RC Church the doctrine of central papal supremacy Compare Gallicanism

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Other Word Forms

• ultramontanist noun

Etymology

Origin of ultramontanism

1820–30; < French ultramontanisme, equivalent to ultramontain ultramontane + -isme -ism

Example Sentences

The organ of ultramontanism in H---- printed an article headed, "Contributions to the Traits of Character of a New Candidate."

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

We have spoken of the ultramontanism of the Spanish clergy. 

From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous

Now one wing, now the other won, but in the main the current flowed strongly towards ultramontanism.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

But even under the new constitutional government of Orleans, ultramontanism soon reasserted itself.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

German ultramontanism felt itself all the more under obligation to demand from the new emperor as the first expiation for such uncanonical usurpation, the reinstatement of the pope in his lost temporal power.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.